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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 9, 2012Greene County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT for Greene County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Greene County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 9, 2:45 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:45 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
311 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-101915-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
311 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 483 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

A FEW AREAS COULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ095-103-104-101915-
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
311 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 483 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:32 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
232 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ093>095-091930-
CARTERET-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
232 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO...CRAVEN AND
CARTERET COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 231 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CEDAR ISLAND TO MINNESOTT
BEACH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CEDAR ISLAND TO HAVELOCK
ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SOUTH RIVER...CHERRY
BRANCH......MERRIMON...CHERRY BRANCH...GREAT
NECK...BACHELOR......LOLA...AND THE NEUSE RIVER.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR. THOSE CAMPING SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR
VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 7705 3492 7677 3494 7672 3496 7670
      3501 7689 3499 7659 3506 7643 3495 7644
      3498 7633 3504 7637 3499 7619 3498 7619
      3499 7629 3493 7623 3498 7614 3487 7629
      3486 7631 3493 7624 3482 7676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 307DEG 4KT 3501 7631 3496 7685

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
330 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

NCZ044-079-092030-
GREENE-PITT-
330 PM EDT MON JUL 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 330 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SNOW HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF FARMVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LIZZIE...HOOKERTON...
MAURY...ORMONDSVILLE...ROUNDTREE...WINTERVILLE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3554 7776 3558 7734 3534 7734 3533 7736
      3535 7742 3537 7745 3543 7748 3541 7749
      3542 7752 3538 7757 3538 7761 3535 7767
      3538 7770 3537 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 270DEG 7KT 3545 7764

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 11:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	62 min
Jul 9, 1:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	55 min
Jul 9, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	58 min
Jul 9, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		42 min
Jul 9, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	58 min
Jul 9, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	65 min
Jul 9, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Pitt	62 min
Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	66 min
Jul 9, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	64 min
Jul 9, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	62 min
Jul 9, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir	51 min
Jul 9, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	63 min
Jul 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	52 min
Jul 9, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	59 min
Jul 9, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		53 min
Jul 9, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	53 min
Jul 9, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	66 min
Jul 9, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	54 min
Jul 9, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	52 min
Jul 9, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	63 min
Jul 9, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	59 min
Jul 9, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pamlico	65 min
Jul 9, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		47 min
Jul 9, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	67 min
Jul 9, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		24 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.